Experiencing the same problem on Kubuntu 11.10, I've opened a new bug
#893755 as it seems I can't mark this new.
Please see that bug for another workaround using a Precise pre-Alpha
package. The package maybe won't be available and installable on 11.10
for long though, since it's a development ver
same thing on *Kubuntu Oneiric*
helped:
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid name_of_the_hidden_essid
and after some seconds it recognized my hidden network.
$ lsb_release -a
Description: Ubuntu 11.10
Release: 11.10
Codename: oneiric
$ uname -a
Linux ## 3.0.0-13-generic #22-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 2 13:2
Jaunty is no longer supported and this is fixed in more recent releases.
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Since you are reporting that the bug is still present in 9.04, reopening
the jaunty task, not the devel release task.
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Status:
Not sure if it is OK for me to be changing the status of this issue,
however as more than just I am still seeing this issue and we are up-to-
date with fixes, it seems this issue has yet to be completely fixed. Is
there anything I can do to help debug/fix?
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I also encounter problems connecting my hidden WLAN again. As Rob M
wrote I also have to reenter mit WPA key after every reboot. If I follow
the instructios of Scott I also don't have success. Furthermore, I
didn't change anything in my wireless network.
Now 0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu0.1 version is ins
This bug does not appear to be completely fixed. I just installed 9.04
and have all the updated applied. I am able to connect to my secure
network, however each time I reboot the machine, I need to go through
the connect to hidden network process all over again (including typing
in the WEB key).
The fix is in jaunty-updates. Also have a look at the previous comment
by Scott about how to get it to work.
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How is the real status of this bug. I just reinstalled kubuntu in the
laptop at home, and updated to the last repository (checked jaunty-
backports and jaunty-proposed at sources editor).
Sent the laptop to home and it did not find my Hidden WPA/WPA2 network.
After I run the command iwlist wlan0 s
Verifying that the new release does now work for WPA1/TKIP hidden
networks. I'll test others as I run across them.
For those who cannot get it to work, it may be worth noting that the fix did
NOT work for me until I
1) went into the plasmoid's Manage Connections screen, on the Wireless tab, and
This bug was fixed in the package plasma-widget-network-manager -
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* New svn snapshot. (LP: #334052) (LP: #330811)
- Updating to a new svn snapshot is the only appr
** Also affects: plasma-widget-network-manager (Ubuntu Jaunty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags added: verification-needed
** Changed in: plasma-widget-network-manager (Ubuntu Jaunty)
Status: New => Fix Committed
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Count me hasty too. I just had to revert to Wicd because I could not get plasma
widget to connect to hidden network again. I had to replace a dead wireless
router a simply could not get widget to auto connect with new router
(configured the same as the old one).
I don't think this issue is resol
More thoughts:
- I was too hasty, reconnecting to hidden networks seems to work BUT ONLY when
I have one visible network set to auto connect. The NM prioritizes the visible
network but on failure may connect to the hidden one set as auto connect as well
- Plasma menu seems to list my WLANs only
I tried it with Kubuntu Jaunty with latest OFFICIAL updates. I just
installed the updated NM package from the Jaunty proposed.
BEFORE update:
- Tested on non secured visible WLANs: works, reconnecting too
- Hidden networks do NOT work
- WLAN plasma menu cluttered and kicker panel plus other pan
I didn't have much luck with 0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu0.1. After installing
it from jaunty-proposed (with punch of other updated packages) I:
1. removed my hidden network from the settings (all the old settings was there
from the old install)
2. used the "Connect to hidden network." to add my network
I've installed plasma-widget-network-manager from jaunty-proposed.
Works fine in both auto-connect and reconnect (when you turn off wifi by button
on your notebook, for example) cases.
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What's the problem pushing it to jaunty-updates?
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>From what I can tell, its fixed in karmic or by using kubuntu-
experimental. However the version mentioned is not in any of the
jaunty-* repositories.
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This bug is marked fixed now !, so Kubuntu 9.04 should not work with
Atheros 521x based WiFi chipsets, as Ubuntu does ?
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- I installed Jaynty's Alpha4 (Kubuntu) on my laptop for testing + all the
- current updates, and I can't connect to a hidden network.
+ == SRU for 0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu0.1 ==
+ This SRU covers this bug, bug 334052 as
Autostart is not an issue, you can put it into KDE's startup directory.
Just create a symlink to nm-applet in ~/.kde/Autostart/
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I have tried to use
plasma-widget-network-manager_0.0+svn966653-0ubuntu1~ppa1_i386.deb, with the
new ability to connect to hidden networks, for a couple of days now.
For the Intel 2915ABG WiFI chipset, autoconnect after a reboot often seems to
work, but takes up to one minute after the desktop i
I am using this package, and I have noticed the addition of a new button
"Connect to hidden network." Looks like this bug is fixed.
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I looked at KDE SVN and revision 966608 promises "Support connecting to
hidden wireless networks". I haven't tested it yet because I don't have
any hidden network but someone may give it a try. Kubuntu experimental
PPA (http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-experimental/ubuntu) plasma-
widget-network-ma
My experience is pretty much the same as Sebaestn describes on the
2009-05-02 - with plasma-widget-network-
manager-0.7+svn961724-0ubuntu1~ppa1, it works after an initial
connection has been created by different workarounds.
This was tested with different boxes and different WiFi chipsets, after
a
For sure the fact that this bug has low importance shows how kubuntu has low
importance compared to ubuntu as well.
I wonder if this was a bug in the gnome version, would it be flagged as low
importance? I'm sure not.
Anyway, the solution does exist: the package from kubuntu-experimental does
wo
plasma-widget-network-manager=0.0+svn961724-0ubuntu1~ppa1 works for me
too! After rebooting my system it took a few seconds and the network was
established. I also tested activating the wireless after the computer
booted and I could connect to it.
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Could this working package added to at least the official repos under
proposed? And if it seems to work better then distribute the update
further. Important bug fix for many and should work out of the box...
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experimental repository works fine for me. In both startup and
connection loss cases.
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Don't get me wrong. I love linux and I love Ubuntu and Canonical.
However, i'm not complaining about the existance of the bug. I'm
complaining about Kubuntu Team politics. I can't accept they released a
distro with such a well known bug. It means not being serious and I
don't like this.
The philos
Hey folks, please remember that neither you pay for the software nor
most of the people who develop the software are paid for it. So please
remain friendly, even though bugs such as this one suck.
I can confirm that the update from the ppa works - at least semi-automatically.
I installed it and r
If you're willing to try the svn version, it's available at
https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-experimental/+archive/ppa
It's working here some of the time (for hidden essid), but had to reboot
3 times. Ever since, it's worked. So, if you want to help devel, give
it a go.
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My install of jaunty suffers as well of this bug.
What I do not really get is why canonical, who actually pay people to do make a
decent distro, do not simply acknowledge the bug, check with upstream, fix it
in svn, and ship the updated package?
Or is it because in this particular case the packag
Funny, I seem to be using the internet just fine.
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Importante: Low ? Yea, you call this low? Lol it's time to switch back
to Windows. Continue like this and Ubuntu will never fix its Bug Number
1. Good job Kubuntu team and thank you for releasing a distro that
doesn't connect to the internet.
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Same problem here - no connection to hidden wireless networks with the
plasma widget on a few Laptops. I open a terminal and start
knetworkmanager manually (didn't have to install it - was still there,
while not available in the menu) to get connected. But since I'm working
in a room with 37 Laptop
Still not working for me, even knetworkmanager doesn't connect to my hidden
wireless. When I stop plasma-widget-network-manager and start knetworkmanager I
can see my "Home" wlan connection. But when I click on the entry the following
message appears:
Activate Connection /org/freedesktop/Network
The supposed workaround "remove plasma applet and start knetworkmanager"
does not work for me. Knetworkmanager worked for me in 8.10, doesn't in
9.04. Neither does the above "iwconfig wlan0 essid..." work for me.
Releasing Kubuntu with such a serious bug is truly surprising. The low
priority as
Well I tried this walkthrough a couple of times, but on my machine there is no
reaction from the wallet.
And the trick of unchecking / rechecking the wlan interface enable box indeed
performs a rescan of the available networks, but still doesn't find my hidden
wlan essid.
Anybody else with an id
A walkthrough could be
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid name_of_the_hidden_essid
After few seconds wallet asks for the pass as usual
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This sounds like a different bug. This bug has to do with hidden
networks only. Perhaps you should file a new bug.
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Hi:
I am also having problems.
My SSID was not hidden, and anyways, I couldnt connect.
First, I configure my Wifi network in the network manager and I set the
pass there. In the plasma menu, it asks me again for pass, no idea why.
After that, it tells me that the connection failed.
I use WPA-P
This bug needs to have High priority.
But, I also wanted to ask, have any of you tried the plasma-widget-
network-manager package from Anthony Mercatante (tonio)'s PPA? This is
a much newer version that might fix the problem.
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Well, there is a workaround. But somebody perhaps forgot the Ubuntu's “Linux
for human beings” goal. People writing here are probably capable of using the
workaround. But we're talking about situation when somebody who is not geek
tries doing such a trivial thing as connecting to the internet (y
Yes, it unfortunate to have plasma network-manager with such bug.
However, you have a workaround: you can install knetworkmanager and
hidden networks should work for you. Just removed the plasma applet and
start knetworkmanager and you will hvae same functionality as in 8.10.
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I can only give a -1000 points to kubuntu team. Where do they find the
courage to release a distro with such high severe bug? I want to know
who is going to tell my brother he has to use windows because "linux"
can't find his hidden essid. What a shame.
Since I hate gnome, and since Kubuntu seems
I've found a repeatable way to get it recognized after issuing the
command only one. I have to uncheck the wireless enable box after
issuing 'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid ' and then recheck
it. Apparently, just issuing the command does not cause the applet to
rescan afterward, but unchecking / re
thanks, nils. it finally worked after 12 tries.
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pauls, I had the hidden network configured and set to autoconnect in the
network manager beforehand. When I issue the iwlist command (sometimes I
need to issue it a few times if I just enabled the wireless until it
sees the network), the kde wallet asks me for a password, and a few
seconds later it
some people have suggested using gnome network manager applet (nm-
applet) instead of plasma network manager widget on kde, but when I do
that, there seems to be no way to save the password with the kde wallet.
so that is not such a good work around.
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nils, your method of issuing this
'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid '
does not work here. It will successfully show my hidden network, but it
never shows up in jaunty's network manager widget. The widget will only
show networks that are not hidden.
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I confirm this bug using the 9.04 RC amd64 version and I fully agree to
zdenek.zikan - this is going to be the third low-quality-release of
kubuntu with major bugs so that working won't be possible anymore for a
long time. It is not acceptable that existing important features are
dropped by a new d
I can confirm that
'sudo iwlist wlan0 scan essid '
works, and connects to the network. I had to do it twice (or maybe it
was do it once and wait a little), but it worked. The network is then
listed in the plasma widget and connected to automatically.
For people who are unsure what their wireless
Guys, shouldn't the release be postponed in case that such an important
issue exists? Cause when somebody upgrades to a new distro and it will
not allow him to connect to the internet by the same means that have
already that worked for some years, that's a big problem. Mainly because
without intern
If there is no chance of a fix for Jaunty (including a switch to
KNetworkManager) could someone please post a semi-official workaround?
I.e. installing knetworkmanager yourself, using wicd, Gnome NM, etc. ? I
get the feeling that a LOT of people will stumble across this bug in the
next 6 months...
This won't be possible for two reasons. First, the final release is
only weeks away. It is way to late to make an intrusive change like
that. Second, I have heard the developers say that there is no room on
the CD left for the KDE3 libraries that would be necessary to run
KNetworkManager.
Hopef
@David
I do agree with you, that it probably would be a good idea to switch back to
knetworkmanager, even though this plasma-widget is nice and locks promising.
From this bug report it seems that more people are affected by this bug, and
probably even more to come when 9.04 is released (based on
Maybe we should switch back to knetworkmanager as the default network
manager because I don't think this problem will be fixed shortly.
knetworkmanager doesn't look as nice as the plasma widget, but can
handle hidden aps and works fine with kubuntu.
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Same here. I have to use konsole and use iwlist scan essid .
Then network manager wakes up and asks for a wallet password.
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I have the same problem with a Compac laptop running Kubuntu 9.04. It
started after upgrading from Kubuntu 8.10, which worked just fine. The
only way to connect to my hidden wireless network now is to make it
visible. I've tried Wicd which finds the hidden network & also works
well. I would like to
Also being hit by this issue. Thanks to the person who brought iwconfig
to my attention as that works. This is a KDE specific issue as the
GNOME NM applet does not suffer from this. I moved to Kubuntu 9.04 from
Fedora 10.
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Maybe we should consider increasing the importance. I think a lot of
people are using a hidden ap with their wireless.
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I have the same problem, plasma-widget-network-
manager-0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu2 doesn't connect to my hidden wpa
protected wireless. At the moment this widget is not usable for me and I
will have to switch to knetworkmanager if the problem still exists in
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Has this bug been reported upstream already? if not, Kubuntu-
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I got tired of this bug and installed wicd, which removed network-
manager, network-manager-kde and plasma-widget-network-manager from the
system. After the first install wicd wasn't able to connect to a hidden
network (I wasn't able to input the ESSID), but after a reinstall it
works well and auto
Did a fresh install of 9.04 Beta today and updated it from the main repository.
Still not able to connect to a hidden SSID with plasma-widget-network-manager
(PWNM) and a ThinkPad buildin Intel 2915ABG adapter.
Removed the SSID from Network-Managment rebooted, disabled the buildin adapter
in BI
I wasn't able to make knetworkmanager connect automaticly either on my
quick test. Actually I wasn't able to make it to connect at all...
I wonder if this bug is limited to some specific hardware, since it
doesn't seem to affect a lot of people. (Not that I would have any idea
how many people are
jaunty running here and knetworkmanager (after reboot) won't connect to
hidden router, and it is not listed in nm-tool. Yes, knetworkmanager
sees the hidden and it's possible to create the configuration, but it
still does not connect on bootup.
But in gnome jaunty, hidden router can be configured
Search for "==> TRY" to see different clients used.
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I have tested this today on up-to-date Kubuntu/Jaunty. I used hidden network
with following settings:
- WPA Enterprise,
- PEAP,
- MSCHAPv2
nm-applet 0.7.1~rc3-0ubuntu1: works!
knetworkmanager 1:0.7svn864988-0ubuntu8: works!
plasma-widget-network-manager 0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu2: does not even tr
If network-manager-gnome works, then I guess this is a bug in network-
manager-kde? And not in the plasma widget. I get these lines in my
daemon.log after logging in and before doing any tricks:
NetworkManager: list_connections_cb(): Couldn't retrieve connections:
No such method 'ListConnection
I also think that the mentioned KDE bug is a different bug. It's about
NetworkManager-kde4 not been able to save (or show) the used password.
My password is saved and I can see it if I check the "Show password"
field. Also, nm-tool doesn't show my network at all. (It does show it
after I do the tri
Running Kubuntu Jaunty Alpha 6 it is still impossible to connect to
networks with hidden SSID. When unhidding the SSID plasma-widget-
network-manager connects okay as described TuxFan.
I believe that the that the KDE bug mentioned by Jonathan is slightly
different, when the network isn't listed ru
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I believe I have found a bug at bugs.kde.org that adequately describes
your problem: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182205
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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.c
This still happens with the latest release (0.0+svn930811-0ubuntu1).
I managed to get the hidden wireless network working by giving the
system a little hint: from konsole I used iwconfig to set the essid of
my hidden network for the wireless interface, and few moments after that
kwallet pops up an
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